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Hunting could be allowed at 4 state parks

An amended bill that passed out of committee 9-2 this month would set up a pilot project to allow hunting in four state parks — two west of the Cascade Mountains, and two east of the Cascades. Future expansion to other parks would be possible.

Second quarantine set in Okanogan County to control poultry movement

WSDA has adopted an emergency rule to establish a second quarantine zone in Okanogan County; this time around a site in Oroville where avian influenza was confirmed in a flock of mixed poultry and other birds.

WDFW seeks public’s help in testing wild birds for flu

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking the public’s help in testing waterfowl and other wild birds for a type of avian influenza that has killed tens of thousands of chickens and domestic turkeys in British Columbia and has recently been detected in wild birds in Washington. An infected domestic guinea fowl has also been confirmed in Oregon.